עֶשֶׂר

hebrewOld TestamentNoun176 occurrences26 books157 verses

Definition

masculine of term עֲשָׂרָה; from H6237; ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)
Traditional renderings: ten, (fif-, seven-) teen.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders עֶשֶׂר:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

176 total
  1. Joshua 15:57עֶ֖שֶׂר · ten
    Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah—ten cities, along with their villages.
  2. Joshua 17:5עֲשָׂרָ֑ה · Thus ten
    Thus ten shares fell to Manasseh, in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan beyond the Jordan,
  3. Joshua 21:5עָֽשֶׂר׃ס · received ten
    The remaining descendants of Kohath received ten cities by lot from the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
  4. Joshua 21:26עֶ֖שֶׂר · ten
    In all, ten cities, together with their pasturelands, were given to the rest of the Kohathite clans.
  5. Joshua 22:14וַעֲשָׂרָ֤ה · [they sent] ten
    With him they sent ten chiefs—one family leader from each tribe of Israel, each the head of a family among the clans of Israel.
  6. Joshua 24:29וָעֶ֖שֶׂר
    Some time later, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.
  7. Judges 1:4עֲשֶׂ֥רֶת · ten
    When Judah attacked, the LORD delivered the Canaanites and Perizzites into their hands, and they struck down ten thousand men at Bezek.
  8. Judges 2:8וָעֶ֖שֶׂר
    And Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.
  9. Judges 3:29כַּעֲשֶׂ֤רֶת · about ten
    At that time they struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all robust and valiant men. Not one of them escaped.
  10. Judges 4:6עֲשֶׂ֤רֶת · ten
    She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Surely the LORD, the God of Israel, is commanding you: ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun.
  11. Judges 4:10עֲשֶׂ֥רֶת · Ten
    …where he summoned Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah also went with him.
  12. Judges 4:14וַעֲשֶׂ֧רֶת · with ten
    Then Deborah said to Barak, “Arise, for this is the day that the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the LORD gone before you?” So Barak came down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.
  13. Judges 6:27עֲשָׂרָ֤ה · ten
    So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the LORD had told him. But because he was too afraid of his father’s household and the men of the city, he did it by night rather than in the daytime.
  14. Judges 7:3וַעֲשֶׂ֥רֶת · but ten
    Now, therefore, proclaim in the hearing of the men: ‘Whoever is fearful and trembling may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.’” So twenty-two thousand of them turned back, but ten thousand remained.
  15. Judges 12:11עֶ֥שֶׂר · ten
    After Ibzan, Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel ten years.
  16. Judges 17:10עֲשֶׂ֤רֶת · ten [shekels]
    “Stay with me,” Micah said to him, “and be my father and priest, and I will give you ten shekels of silver per year, a suit of clothes, and your provisions.” So the Levite went in
  17. Judges 20:10עֲשָׂרָה֩ · ten
    We will take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand, to supply provisions for the army when they go to Gibeah in Benjamin to punish them for the atrocity they have committed in Israel.”
  18. Judges 20:34עֲשֶׂרֶת֩ · Then 10,000
    Then 10,000 select men from all Israel made a frontal assault against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce. But the Benjamites did not realize that disaster was upon them.
  19. Ruth 1:4כְּעֶ֥שֶׂר · about ten
    …who took Moabite women as their wives, one named Orpah and the other named Ruth. And after they had lived in Moab about ten years,
  20. Ruth 4:2עֲשָׂרָ֧ה · ten
    Then Boaz took ten of the elders of the city and said, “Sit here,” and they did so.
  21. 1 Samuel 1:8מֵעֲשָׂרָ֖ה · than ten
    “Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah asked. “Why won’t you eat? Why is your heart so grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”
  22. 1 Samuel 15:4וַעֲשֶׂ֥רֶת · and 10,000
    So Saul summoned the troops and numbered them at Telaim—200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.
  23. 1 Samuel 17:17וַעֲשָׂרָ֥ה · ten [loaves]
    One day Jesse said to his son David, “Take this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.
  24. 1 Samuel 17:18עֲשֶׂ֜רֶת · ten
    Take also these ten portions of cheese to the commander of their unit. Check on the welfare of your brothers and bring back an assurance from them.
  25. 1 Samuel 25:5עֲשָׂרָ֣ה · ten
    So David sent ten young men and instructed them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel. Greet him in my name
  26. 1 Samuel 25:38כַּעֲשֶׂ֣רֶת · About ten
    About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.
  27. 2 Samuel 15:16עֶ֧שֶׂר · ten
    Then the king set out, and his entire household followed him. But he left behind ten concubines to take care of the palace.
  28. 2 Samuel 18:3עֲשָׂרָ֣ה · ten
    But the people pleaded, “You must not go out! For if we have to flee, they will not care about us. Even if half of us die, they will not care. But you are worth ten thousand of us. It is better now if you support us from the city.”
  29. 2 Samuel 18:11עֲשָׂ֣רָה · ten [shekels]
    “You just saw him!” Joab exclaimed. “Why did you not strike him to the ground right there? I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a warrior’s belt!”
  30. 2 Samuel 18:15עֲשָׂרָ֣ה · And ten
    And ten young men who carried Joab’s armor surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.
  31. 2 Samuel 19:43עֶֽשֶׂר־ · We have ten
    “We have ten shares in the king,” answered the men of Israel, “so we have more claim to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of restoring our king?” But the men of Judah spoke more fiercely than the men of Israel.
  32. 2 Samuel 20:3עֶֽשֶׂר־ · the ten
    When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to take care of the palace, and he placed them in a house under guard. He provided for them, but he no longer slept with them. They were confined until the day of their death, living as widows.
  33. 1 Kings 4:23עֲשָׂרָ֨ה · ten
    …ten fat oxen, twenty range oxen, and a hundred sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened poultry.
  34. 1 Kings 5:14עֲשֶׂ֨רֶת · of 10,000 [men]
    He sent them to Lebanon in monthly shifts of 10,000 men, so that they would spend one month in Lebanon and two months at home. And Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.
  35. 1 Kings 6:3עֶ֧שֶׂר · ten
    The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple was twenty cubits long, extending across the width of the temple and projecting out ten cubits in front of the temple.
  36. 1 Kings 6:23עֶ֥שֶׂר · [each] ten
    In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim, each ten cubits high, out of olive wood.
  37. 1 Kings 6:24עֶ֣שֶׂר · [was] ten
    One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long, and the other wing was five cubits long as well. So the full wingspan was ten cubits.
  38. 1 Kings 6:25וְעֶ֙שֶׂר֙ · [also measured] ten
    The second cherub also measured ten cubits; both cherubim had the same size and shape,
  39. 1 Kings 6:26עֶ֖שֶׂר · [was] ten
    …and the height of each cherub was ten cubits.
  40. 1 Kings 7:10עֶ֣שֶׂר · some ten
    The foundations were laid with large, costly stones, some ten cubits long and some eight cubits long.
  41. 1 Kings 7:23עֶ֣שֶׂר · measuring ten
    He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.
  42. 1 Kings 7:24עֶ֚שֶׂר · ten
    Below the rim, ornamental buds encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.
  43. 1 Kings 7:27עֶ֖שֶׂר · ten
    In addition, he made ten movable stands of bronze, each four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high.
  44. 1 Kings 7:37עֶ֣שֶׂר · the ten
    In this way he made the ten stands, each with the same casting, dimensions, and shape.
  45. 1 Kings 7:38עֲשָׂרָ֥ה · ten; לְעֶ֖שֶׂר · of the ten
    He also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin for each of the ten stands.
  46. 1 Kings 7:43עָ֑שֶׂר · the ten; עֲשָׂרָ֖ה · the ten
    …the ten stands; the ten basins on the stands;
  47. 1 Kings 11:31עֲשָׂרָ֣ה · ten; עֲשָׂרָ֥ה · ten
    …and said to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and I will give you ten tribes.